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Recent Examples of midwife
Despite the confident reassurances of my midwife that babies do not wean themselves, my daughter did.
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
Neel Arant, a striking midwife of eight years who lives in Oakland, said the provider has trended toward making healthcare workers do more with less.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
An identity drama, Quechua Clara, 16, her midwife mother Ana’s assistant, Clara leaves her high Andes village to become a big city chincha singer.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Years later, her daughter Marie-Louise, unaware of her royal blood, pursues a career as a midwife.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
Neel Arant, a striking midwife of eight years who lives in Oakland, said the provider has trended toward making healthcare workers do more with less.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
An identity drama, Quechua Clara, 16, her midwife mother Ana’s assistant, Clara leaves her high Andes village to become a big city chincha singer.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Years later, her daughter Marie-Louise, unaware of her royal blood, pursues a career as a midwife.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midwife
Noun
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Certified nurse-midwives would be exempt from that requirement, but would be required to submit a plan for births outside a hospital.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The body takes a minimum of 13 weeks to recover, the nurse-midwife Helena A. Grant tells Somerstein.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2024
Noun
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Experts liken these markers to fingerprints that can help doctors match each patient with the treatment most likely to work for them, making care more precise and personalized than ever before.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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This realistic doctor’s coat has everything your aspiring doctor needs to give their patients a check-up, including a face mask, a stethoscope with sound effects (AAA batteries not included), thermometer, syringe, reflex hammer, and reusable name tag.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That’s where obstetricians have their greatest worry.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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That’s why professional organizations—including obstetricians and experts in high-risk pregnancy care—continue to recommend acetaminophen in pregnancy when clinically indicated.—
Dr. Craig Spencer,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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His personal physician, Admiral Cary Grayson, kept the severity of the stroke hidden from Congress and the American people, while his wife, first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, surreptitiously took charge of matters of state.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Sports medicine physician Jesse Morse described on X that Hill's injury was potentially career-ending.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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The singer's filmography goes far beyond concert docs.—
Janey Tracey,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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According to the divorce docs, Kidman and the Aussie hitmaker must wait 90 days before their legal split can take effect following a final court appearance.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
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That is, people who have spent a substantial amount of time studying it, publishing research on it, teaching on it, or all of the above—for instance, pediatrician Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, on vaccines and nutrition scientist.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
2 Oct. 2025
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That’s when his pediatrician noticed his walk seemed unusual and suggested leg braces.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ramos has three decades of experience as an obstetrician gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, according to her biography.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Evelyn Griffin, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Louisiana who reportedly lost her job for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine, meanwhile, did her own research and tried to suggest that the mRNA in mRNA vaccines could be turned into DNA inside human cells and integrate into our genetic material.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
19 Sep. 2025
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Officers sealed the wounds and performed CPR until medics arrived and transported him to Regions Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
30 Sep. 2025
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Many of them endured catastrophic wounds that would have killed or maimed them in Israel's past wars, Israeli combat medics and surgeons say.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midwife. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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